As if the 18 inches of snow I already had wasn’t bad enough, the plow guy just piled it up 5 feet high in my driveway.
I can’t decide if he was being a dick, or is just so stoned at this point that he didn’t realize my driveway was there.
Ah well, gotta do my time on the dreadmill, then fire up the snowblower. I hope you’re all safe and warm inside(but not you california people. I’m sure you’re safe and warm outside.)
It’s Super Bowl Sunday! Go Pats!
We had a plow guy in my area hit and kill a student at the local university. The guy blew a 0.14 on a breathalyzer test. Obviously he was feeling real good when he got behind that wheel. They had a trial and he got a manslaughter conviction. I’m not certain of the term. The student will never get a chance at fulfulling life’s opportunities.
Rocketboy
tell me about it. I was lucky kuz one of my neighbors has a snowblower and was nice enough to do our driveway. But it still took me close to an hour to dig my car and my wife’s car to get ready for work tomorrow. It was stinkin deep with drifts up to 3-4 feet near our shed. THIS BITES. Jmorrisy, if I recall, you live in the Boston area too, so I feel you pain as we live in reading. All I know is that if I still lived in Somerville, the parking would have killed me after this blizzard.
What’s a snowblower?
I’m in Framingham. We got about 2 feet. Hard to say with the drifts and all. Outside my garage the snow came up to my knee. At the back door it was waist deep.
After I dug out, I lent my blower to a neighbor, and when he was finished, I dug out my next door neighbor because his plow guy hadn’t come yet.
Well, the plow guy is the reason that I bought the snowblower. (This is the part of the story where nobody feels pity for the suburban white guy.) Think of it like this: My snowblower is what I bought instead of a tri bike.
My house is on a cul de sac, and I am on the corner, if that makes any sense. A month after we moved in, we had the blizzard of '02, which was about the same as this one. At that time, I discovered two things:
Now then, getting to the game. I didn’t go out today, but my driveway is clear, the road is clear, and since we are on a tertiary road, I would guess that the primary roads are in good shape. I think that the roads were clear enough to get there(although, let’s be honest, we New Englanders are stupid enough that we would have been there anyway. Remember the Snow Bowl two years ago?) but I don’t know about clearing the stadium. Looking back on the Snow Bowl again, people were sitting in piles of snow and throwing it in the air every time the Pats made a good play.
I pity any dome teams who come here in the post-season. Or the late season. Or early season for that matter.
Now I’m conflicted. I was told that I don’t have to work today, but there is really no reason to stay home. Also, should I feel insecure that I am considered ‘non-essential personnel’?
Q: Why did the snowman pull down his pants?
A: He heard the snowblower coming
20 inches in NJ. 2 hours at average HR of 129 to clear the decks.
You know you’re a tri-geek when you wear your HRM while shoveling snow.
Even moreso if you download the workout and call it cross-training.
…And I thought I was the only one to actually wear a HRM while snow shoveling. It turned out to be a decent workout yesterday here in Brighton, MA- took 3.5 hours to shovel out the initial 24 inches, then .5 hour each time the mofo plow came by. Its now almost 24 hours after the snow stopped and the city streets are still a disaster.
HAAAAAHAAA, that’s pretty funny (wearing your HRM while shoveling. I barely wear mine working out nowadays. I guess I’m just lazy and am not trainig for anything particular. I guess I just use it for long runs and cycling (which I’m obviouly not doing now 
Lonestar…snowblower is sort of like a lawn mower for snow…but then I hear you guys had a bout of sow not too long ago so I’m sure you can appreciate such a powertool
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Yeah. I damn near needed crampons and an ice axe to get to work this morning. People shovel their sidewalks but then the plows build these mini-Himalayas at every driveway.
Annoying.
Not a bad idea as a bunch of folks have the “big one” while in the driveway. That may be some of the hardest work a lot of folks do all year. How many of us do 6hr of manual labor in two days? If you don’t have snow go to the gym and do nonstop arm curls or bench presses for an hour or so. G.
This guy must be a tri geek too!
Isn’t he wearing his HRM a bit low 
Think of what that poor baby in the stroller is thinking…“Darn it mom…I’m freezing, let’s get back inside in front of the fireplace and TV.”
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"Isn’t he wearing his HRM a bit low "
That was my initial reaction as well. On second looks, it could be a fanny pack…
Blizzard of '78 was my last winter in Boston. Hello Miami! If I recall, that blizzard came about a week after another that was almost as bad. National Guard patrolling the streets. Driving was banned.
My timing is impeccable. I went back up north for the first time in 26 years and was in New York City for this storm.
It’s amazing how different things were. I was 10 for the blizzard of '78, and we were out of school for four weeks. This one seems like it was just as bad, and I made it to swim at 5:00 AM on Monday.
'78 was bizarre, though. The driving bans, the national guard patrols, etc. But the strangest thing of all, and the most wonderful, was seeing hundreds of people walking down Trapelo Road(the main road from Waltham, MA, through Belmont, MA) to church on Sunday morning. Everyone was chatting, laughing, and having a great time. It’s kind of nice when, once in a while, nature forces us to slow down a bit.
we were out of school for four weeks.
This explains the gap in your education.
hey guys, first post, but i figured this was a safe one to jump in on. Everything south of Maine has it much easier than central NY. at least that means they’ve figured out how to clear the snow so the streets are runable. No biking outside til at least march tho.